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Bad reception: a new trauma for refugees

A study by Medici per i Diritti Umani – MEDU (Doctors for Human Rights Italy) just published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry shows that post-migratory stressors, such as precarious living conditions in large and overcrowded reception centres, have negative effects on the refugees and asylum seekers’ mental health...
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Move or Die

Migratory Routes from Sub-Saharan Countries to Europe Rome, August 10, 2015 – Too often in Italy the arrival of migrants and refugees is perceived as “the” invasion “of a blurred crowd. Statements such as “let’s help them in their country” or its more xenophobic variant “They have to remain in...
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